How do I reset "Account Closed" (fixsub.tcl)

[spitfires]

I can see there being a plethora of requests for this in the next few days, so here's the script to unset "Account Closed" status.

Only works with hacked TiVos.

1) Extract the fixsub.tcl from the zip file
2) FTP the file across to /var/hack
3) Make executable (if it's not already) with chmod +x /var/hack/fixsub.tcl
4) Run it with /var/hack/fixsub.tcl
5) When it's finished reboot your TiVo

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[LD]

I guess I now have to ask is this important? I assumed that now all our Tivos will be moved to Account Closed then when we switch to AltEPG, it simply will change this when we connect to their servers? If this is not the case, what happens?

[mikerr]

Yes this is only for those who want to continue on the old service for another week or so.

If you move to altEPG your status will change to "4: TiVo in Testing" anyway.

[mrtickle]

Many thanks - this gives me a little breathing room to delay the switch-over.

[spitfires]

Yes me too

[chrispayne]

hi can this be done if tivo is not networked ie by pulling the hard drive if so how easy can it be done?

[mrtickle]

Yes me too

Gaah. It falls foul of tivoweb 1.9.4's moralistic anti-hack code.

[mutant_matt]

I don't know what the TVW anti-hack code is, but, could you not just stop TVW, then run the fixsub, then reboot (and presumably, TVW will be restarted after the reboot anyway?).

I'll bet you've already got a good reason why it's not as simple as that, but just in case...

Cheers,

Matt.

[mrtickle]

Thanks, but yes it's not that simple .
Tivoweb has a load of checks in it - moralistic is a loaded term, but some early USA tivos were hacked to steal the tivo service, instead of just doing nice things, and it was a backlash against that. It knows that you've run fixsub and doesn't start up again (either during the boot sequence or manually).

I know that it starts up on an AltEPG TiVo though so this is just a blip anyway.

[reh]

I've tried to follow these instructions (with an almost non-existent knowledge of FTP, Telnet and Linux), but have fallen at the last hurdle. Can someone advise what I've done wrong?

I FTPed to my TiVo, and typed
cd /var/hack
put fixsub.tcl
bye

Then Telnet-ed to it, and typed
cd /var/hack
ls -1
to check that the file was there ok

Then, at the TiVo Bash: /var/hack> prompt I typed
chmod +x /var/hack/fixsub.tcl
this just went back to the TiVo Bash prompt, with no success or failure message. Is that right?

I then typed /var/hack/fixsub.tcl, but this returned:
bash: /var/hack/fixsub.tcl: No such file or directory

Can someone advise what I've done wrong? Many thanks.

PS - I also have TiVoweb 1.9.4, if that's relevant ... ?

[nick1austin]

I FTPed to my TiVo, and typed
cd /var/hack
put fixsub.tcl
bye

You want the command binary before the put command.

[IBP]

Try
./fixsub.tcl
or
tivosh /var/hack/fixsub.tcl

You haven't opened the file in a Windows editor have you? That can mess things up.

[healeydave]

Seems ironic after all this time that people are going to a lot of trouble running hacks like this to try and pull back access to a weeks+ data !?!?!?

[reh]

I FTPed to my TiVo, and typed
cd /var/hack
put fixsub.tcl
bye

You want the command binary before the put command.

So it should be:
cd /var/hack
binary
put fixsub.tcl
bye

?

[reh]

Seems ironic after all this time that people are going to a lot of trouble running hacks like this to try and pull back access to a weeks+ data !?!?!?

I suspect I'm not the only person who finds the thought of upgrading to AltEPG rather daunting, and has therefore been putting it off as long as possible. (And who has been lulled into a false sense of security by things continuing to work for 24 days longer than expected!) So, now I am finally being forced to do something, it would be nice to have even a week's further grace.